Sunday, January 15, 2017

DAY 15 - This day in legal and military history

January 15
 

NATIONAL Hat Day
 

NATIONAL Strawberry Ice Cream Day


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history

1870 The Donkey was first used as a symbol for the Democratic party
 


1920 Prohibition began in the US
 

1943 The Pentagon was completed
 

1974 First women enlisted in the US Coast Guard
 

2001 Wikipedia goes online
 

2009 Pilot Chesley B Sullenberger successfully landed the disabled Flight 1549 in the Hudson River

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